PUBLIC LAW 107-347—DEC. 17, 2002 116 STAT. 2969 Agency under this subtitle shall in no way alter the responsibility of the agency providing the data under other statutes (including section 552 of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act), and section 552b of title 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974)) with respect to the provision or withholding of such information by the agency providing the data. (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS.— Examination of business data in identifiable form shall be limited to the officers, employees, and agents authorized to examine the individual reports in accordance with written agreements pursuant to this section. Officers, employees, and agents of a Designated Statistical Agency who receive data pursuant to this subtitle shall be subject to all provisions of law, including penalties, that relate— (1) to the unlawful provision of the business data that would apply to the officers, employees, and agents of the agency that originally obtained the information; and (2) to the unlawful disclosure of the business data that would apply to officers, employees, and agents of the agency that originally obtained the information. (d) NOTICE. —Whenever a written agreement concerns data that Public respondents were required by law to report and the respondents information. were not informed that the data could be shared among the Designated Statistical Agencies, for exclusively statistical purposes, the terms of such agreement shall be described in a public notice issued by the agency that intends to provide the data. Such notice shall EJIOW a minimum of 60 days for public comment. SEC. 525. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF BUSINESS DATA PROVIDED BY DES- 44 USC 3501 IGNATED STATISTICAL AGENCIES. note. (a) USE, GENERALLY.—Business data provided by a Designated Statistical Agency pursuant to this subtitle shall be used exclusively for statistical piuposes. (b) PUBLICATION.—Publication of business data acquired by a Designated Statistical Agency shall occur in a manner whereby the data furnished by any particular respondent are not in identifiable form. SEC. 526. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 44 USC 3501 (a) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.— Section 1 of the Act of ^°^' January 27, 1938 (15 U.S.C. 176a) is amended by striking "The" and inserting "Except as provided in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002, the". (b) TITLE 13. —Chapter 10 of title 13, United States Code, is amended— (1) by adding after section 401 the following: '^§402. Providing business data to Designated Statistical ^encies "The Bureau of the Census may provide business data to the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics ('Designated Statistical Agencies') if such information is required for an authorized statistical piu-pose and the provision is the subject of a written agreement with that Designated Statistical Agency, or their successors, as defined in the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002."; and
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